Rigid cover, 312 pages, book in English.

Marlo the Final Cut is the largest and most ambitious compilation of Ed Marlo's work never published.

Covering more than Thirty different sources Published between 1941 and 1974, hundreds of towers, movements, routines, subtleties, reflections and thought problems were discussed.

This volume is not satisfied with Compile thirteen distinct pounds, he also reprints his contributions to a myriad of other publications - magazines, books and newsletters.

In this book, you will discover Materials of all kinds-from close-up to the scene, from semi-automatic to breathtaking, complex routines with simple towers. Learn modern masterpieces like Devilish Miracle, practical equipment for workers like Cardician Makes Good, various movements like New Elevator, and elementary concepts like Km Move.

Compiled and edited by N. C. Colwell, with over 300 notes At the end of the work and annotations providing a historical, literary and clarifying context, as well as a foreword and a memory of Two of the most eminent students of Ed Marlo - Jon Ruchebaumer and Allan Ackerman.

SUMMARY :

Introduction by N. C. Colwell

Remember Eddie by Allan Ackerman

Foreword to jum

Share One: BooksChapter 1 - Card Fan Productions (1941)

Introduction
The instruction

• Producing Multiple Fans of Cards
• Sample Routine

A Bad Technique
Types of Cards-One
Types of Hands
Types of Cards-Two
The Hat Steal by Dead Abrams
Painted Card by Hank Nowoc
The Card Clip
A net for catching the cards
Two Types of Fans
GLOVED Productions
Hand care

CHAPTER 2 - DECK DECESS (1942)

Foreword
Double Vanish and Recovery

• Casanova Card Trick by Martin Gardner and Ed Marlo
• Marlo's Double Vanish and Recovery

Torn Deck Mystery
A good number
Number Transpo
Marlo's Running Cut
Marlo's Lessinout System of Cull and Stock Shuffles

• Lessinout Cull
• Lessinout Stack

The Spy
Divining Hanky
Marlo's Card to Card Case
The Magical Gambeler
And in conclusion ...

Chapter 3 - Future Reverse (1945)

First Method
Second method

• Center Reverse/Future Reverse

METHOD THREE
Method Four
Method Five
Method Six
The Bonus Effect

Chapter 4 - Havana Deal (1948)

First Method
Second method
Third Method

Chapter 5 - A Devilish Miracle by Ed Marlo and Carmen d'Amico (1948)

First Method
Second method

CHAPTER 6 - ED Marlo's reading notes (1951)

SUDDEN ACES
Cutting the aces Routine
Ace Opener
Cardician Makes Good
Follow the leader
Mr. Black Comes Back

Chapter 7 - The Future Classic by Ed Marlo and Carmen d'Amico (1953)

A future classic

• Card Addition by Fred Braue
• Turnover changes
• Hit Method
• Left Hand Palm/Dealing Position Palm/Future Classic Palm
• Summary

Streamlined Classic
Comedy Classic
Final observations

• Alternate set-up
• Count one alternate
• TWO Count alternate
• Glide Double handling

Chapter 8 - The Magic Seven (1954)Magical Seven

• One phase
• Two phase
  The Glide
• Three phase
• Oven phase
• Five phase
• Summary

Opening phase

• Methods alternate

The Climax Phase

• Methods alternate

Chapter 9 - Classical Foursome by Ed Marlo and Carmen d'Amico (1956)Foreword
A Classical Quickie

• First Method
• Second method
• Third Method
• Fourth Method
• Fifth Method
• Sixth Method
• Seventh Method
  The Open Reverse
• Eighth Method
• Ninth Method
• Tenth Method

The D'Amico Spread
Doubly Ambitious
Chameleon Queens
Marlo-Curry changes
Double transpositions

• The Repeat
• Straight presentation

Combination
Marlo Pivot Spread

• Basic Principle
• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth
• Fifth
• Sixth
• Note on Sixth Method
• Triple Pivot Spread

Chapter 10 - Marlo Meets His Match (1959)Foreword
Matcho

• Matcho Methods I-VI

MATTERO NOTES

• Variation of the Method II
• Possible internship presentation
• Matcho II-SINGLE DECK version

Marlo-Curry changes variation
Double Thought Single Deck

• Stooge version
• The Exchange version
• The Key Card version version version
• The Key Card version-Second version
• Memory version

Red and Blue-Spectator Coincidence
Double coincidence
More Matchos

• Matcho Methods VII-IX

Double Thought and Two Tickets
Gaffed Match

• First Method
• Second method

Marked Match
Unmarked Matcho
Memory Match
The fake changes

Chapter 11 - The K. M. Move by Ed Marlo with Tony Kardyro (1962)

Introduction
The K. M. Move-Forward Fingering Action
Two Closing actions
Reverse Fingering Action
Reversal Effect
Card Face-up, Deck Face-Down
Righting A Reversed Card
Multiple Cards, Forward Fingering Action
Foreshadowing Later Ideas
Multiple cards, reverse fingering action
Multiple out/multiple turnover cleanup
Off The Face Changes
Ambitious Routine
Further Applications of the Reverse Fingering Action With K. M. Move

• Allike Count
• The transposition

Use of the K. M. Move in Devilish Miracle
K.M. MOVE FOLLOW UP Aces
Another Exchange Procedure
The Four Ace and Four King Transposition
K.M. MOVE With the Peek
K.M. MOVE as to pass

• First Idea
• Second idea
• Handling packet

Second handling of K. M. Move

• Multiple Card Steal

The K. M. Move Force
Ace producer
The K. M. Move Brush Change
Appearing and Disappearing Selections
Technical Variations of the K. M. Move

• First Variation
• Second variation
• The Fan Method

Conclusions and Recollections

CHAPTER 12 - TILT! (1962)

Foreword
More Bluffs Shifts

• For One Card (Added Ideas)
• Bluff shift to the top or at any number from the top
• Bluff shift to the Bottom or Any Number from the Bottom
• Bluff shift and palm off
• Flexible Shift Bluff
• Of Amic's Idea by Carmen of Amico
• Front End Tilt

Mental elimination

• Mental elimination

Effects with figure three

• First Effect-Rising Thought
• Second Effect-Quick Acembly
• Third Effect-4 and 4 Transposition
• Fourth Effect-Trapped
• FIFTH Effect-The PLACKERS
  Tilt Subtlety by Charles Aste, Jr.
• Sixth Effect-Gathering of the Clan
• Seventh Effect-surprise
• Ambitious Card Sequence

Add to Effects with Figure Three

• Eighth Effect-Another Classical Quickie
• Ninth Effect-aces to Pocket
• Tenth Effect-The Prediction (Open or Closed)
• Eleventh effect-do as i do

More Effects With Figure Three

• Twelfth Effect-The Tilted Transposition
• Thirteenth Effect-The Criss Cross Transposition
• Fourteenth Effect-The Tilt Stab
• Fifteenth Effect-The Tilt Sandwich
  Alternative handling for the tilt sandwich

New Effects

• Sixteenth Effect-Tilt Doubly Ambitious
• Seventeenth Effect-Tilted Aces
• Eightenth effect Addition
• Nineteenth Effect-Numbered Tilt
• Twentieth Effect-Tilted Dunbury
• Twenty-STCTCT-TILTED CLASSICAL QUICKIE
• Twenty-Second Effect-visible Tilt
• Roger Klause Fake Center Deal by Roger Klause
• Neal Elias Tilt Contribution by Neal Elias

Chapter 13 - Marlo's Objectives (1973)

First Objective
Second objective
Third Objective-re-Positioning Spread
Fourth Objective-Four Card Rental
Fifth Objective-in- and Out-Jogging Cull
Sixth Objective
Seventh Objective
Loose Ends
Alternated Red & Black Shuffles
For Faro Shuffler Only

TWO PART: EXERPTS

Chapter 14 - Steele & Leech

52 Amazing Card Tricks by W. F. (Rufus) Steele (1949)
Double Thought
For Card Men Only by Al Leech (1949)
Aces up by ed marlo and al leech
Manipulating with Leech by Al Leech (1952)
Ace-King at the Marlo

Chapter 15 - Ireland's Yearbook

The Ireland Yearbook for 1950 (1950)
Card Telepathy de Luxe by James Auer with Ed Marlo
Ireland's Yearbook for 1954 (1954)
The Royal Assembly by del Ray and Ed Marlo
Ireland's Yearbook for 1955 (1955)
Bluff Ace Assembly
Ireland's Yearbook 1959 (1959)
Tabled Bottom Placement

• Oven Suggesty Uses

Ireland's Yearbook for 1961 (1962)
The Master Position

• The Master Position
• Control to the Bottom--Five Methods

Transferring the cards
The Pivot Palm

• Palm Pivot Transfer

PIVOT PALM Replacements-Three Methods
Reversing the cards-three methods
The Spread Pass
To place the card during the spread pass
Multiple Spread Pass
Nine notes

Ireland's Yearbook for 1962 (1962)
Technicolor prediction
Impromptu Technicolor Prediction--Four Methods
Alternative presentation for technical prediction-to six versions

Chapter 16 - The New Phoenix

The New Phoenix #329 - The Ed Marlo Issue (August 20, 1955)
Interview with Ed Marlo by Jay Marshall with Ed Marlo
Card Miracles from 1949

• Throw in Rental
• Card Stab-Two Methods
• Automatic Placement
  Six applications

The New Phoenix #334 (December 12, 1955)
Challenge to you from Edward Marlo by Jay Marshall
The New Phoenix #338 -ED Marlo Tells All! (1956)
Real Gone Aces
Additional notes on real gone aces

• Swindle Aces Ideas

Note on the handling of initial country off of nine cards
For use in real gone aces (ace layout)
The Separating Aces-Three Methods
Notes on the Mislide
The New Elevator-Four Methods
Vanishing Aces Theory
Aces & Deucles
The New Phoenix #339 (1956)
Card Again case
The New Phoenix #346 (July 20, 1957)
Six Card Repeat Climax
The New Phoenix #374 (November 1962)
Marlo's False Cut on Table
Marlo's Lengthwise Spread
The New Phoenix #375 (December 1962)
The Open Travelers

• Add a subtlety (for open travelers)

Chapter 17 - Ireland's Card Annual

1956 Card Annual (1956)
The Switchless Switch

• First Effect
• Second effect
• Third Effect
• Additional Technique for the Switchless Switch

1957 Card Annual (1958)
Marlo's HOFZINSER

• For the purists
• Additional Climax to Marlo's Hofzinseer

The Buckle Break
Marlo Bottom Count

CHAPTER 18 - IRELAND'S TRICK TALK

Ireland's Talk Talk Vol. 1 No. 1 (May-June 1957)
Marlo's Card Quiz: Spur of the moment
Ireland's Talk Talk Vol. 1 No. 2 (July-August 1957)
Marlo's Card Quiz: Out of Your Hands

Chapter 19 - Kid Stuff

Kid Stuff 5 (1974)Entertaining Kids with cards
Afterword by N. C. Colwell

Appendix

Index

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